Persistence is sometimes a bad thing....
Non-Canadian readers will forgive me while I laugh and sneer at an annoying Canadian politician whose expiry date is several years past due...
Copps won't quit race
Heritage Minister Sheila Copps vowed yesterday to remain in the Liberal leadership race until the bitter end despite acknowledging she has next to no chance of beating Paul Martin, who won 89 per cent of delegate support during a weekend vote.
Proving to me that there's still hope for the Liberal Party of Canada and that Sheila is a big dumb idiot.
The Copps campaign suffered a devastating defeat at the hands of Mr. Martin's machine, garnering only single-digit support for her platform,
HA HA HA!
which proposed spending $6 billion in the first year on a universal day-care program, access to high-speed Internet for all Canadians, and a new system of quotas and target dates for hiring women and minorities.
Nothing like trotting out promises that you'll never be forced to keep - even though I'm biased because of the two little ones I have, I don't think universal day-care would work: the Feds have proven they can't run a simply gun-registry without ballooning the costs into the stratosphere. Imagine throwing whining brats and pissed-off sleep-deprived parents into the mix.
Oh and quotas and targets always solve everything and don't build substandard workers dependent on their "special status" to get ahead. Right? RIGHT?
Ms. Copps told a news conference yesterday her love of party and country,
Translation: I love the spotlight. ME ME ME!
as well as her appreciation for all the hard work her supporters contributed to her campaign
Translation: Feed my flunkies! Now!
is compelling her to remain in the race so she can present her ideas for a better Canada
Translation: Socialism is good for all of you! But not for me 'cause my Daddy was rich and famous in Hamilton! Therefore I'm famous and special. But socialism is good for all of you...
at the Liberals' November convention.
Free Drinks! Free Drinks! Free Drinks!
She insisted her decision has nothing to do with pressuring Mr. Martin to give her a cabinet post when he takes over as prime minister.
'cause that single digit support has Martin trembling in his boots! Behold powerful Sheila! Scourge of taxpayers. Make her Minister of Silly Walks!
"I'm not looking for a seat in anybody's cabinet. I've said from the beginning of this process that this was not about getting initials behind my name. I have every initial behind my name," said Ms. Copps.
?!?
All of the delegates elected by the Liberal grassroots on the weekend are still required to attend the Nov. 12-15 convention and physically mark their ballots in order for the vote to be confirmed. It would literally take a catastrophe for Mr. Martin to lose considering his overwhelming majority.
Free Drinks! Free Drinks! Free Drinks!
Ms. Copps secured only 10 per cent of the delegates and about 15 per cent of the popular vote on the weekend when Liberal party members selected the delegates who will formally crown a new leader Nov. 15.
I say again.
HA HA HA!
Many are questioning why Ms. Copps insists on staying in despite the obvious results. Liberal MP and national caucus chairman Stan Keyes shook his head at Ms. Copps' decision. "Sincerely, I think it's regrettable that Sheila Copps has not conceded to Paul Martin a six-inch putt on the 18th green. It'll be a decision she has to make."
The woman has no problem wasting taxpayer money, why should she have a problem wasting the time and money of her own party members, who of course are stupid to not see her overwhelming greatness...
He offered to take a proposal to the party's national executive meeting this week that would see Ms. Copps withdraw, but still be allowed to put forward her views in a speech at the convention. Mr. Keyes said if Ms. Copps accepted this offer, it would allow Mr. Martin to get down to the transition of government immediately.
From hell's heart she'll stab at thee...
"Well, I spoke to Paul this morning and I'm not sure that that's the avenue that he's seeking. He congratulated me on a good battle," said Ms.Copps.
Good battle? It must be nice to have no idea what a joke your own party thinks you are. Anyone with any kind of self-respect would hightail it back to Hamilton and stop bothering people.
But this is Sheila we're talking about...
I guess we can always count on Sheila to get you off... on a rant, that is.
Posted by on 09/23 at 10:04 PMMaking Sheila Minister of Silly Walks is a horrendous insult to John Cleese.
Posted by on 09/23 at 10:32 PM
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